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Designing a City That Addresses Energy Needs

A green wall with five printouts of building models. Each building is made of paper and on a black table underneath it's corresponding image. On a dark green topped table with wooden border under the black table are four more papers and models. On the left, still on the green table, is another model with the paper in front of it. Each structure is different and made from different colored paper.
Materials List

Handouts

Classroom Supplies

  • Blank Paper
  • Colored Pencils

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Lesson 6 of 6 / Time: Four 40 min periods

Students learn about the role of urban planners as they begin to imagine what a renewable city of the future may look like. They work in groups to design, redesign, and model their cities using materials or Sketch Up and present their city designs to the class as they explain the choices they made.

 

Designing a Sustainable City of the Future

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